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PZZ750 Coastal Waters From San Mateo Point To The Mexican Border And Out To 30 Nm- 101 Pm Pdt Thu Apr 18 2024
Tonight - Wind variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 1 to 2 feet at 10 seconds and southwest 3 feet at 15 seconds. Friday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming west 10 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 1 to 2 feet at 10 seconds and southwest 3 feet at 14 seconds. Friday night - Wind west to 10 knots in the evening - .becoming variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 2 feet at 5 seconds and south 3 feet at 14 seconds. Saturday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming west 10 knots with gusts to 15 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. SWell west 2 feet at 5 seconds. Saturday night - Wind northwest to 10 knots in the evening - . Becoming variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. SWell west 2 feet at 5 seconds. Sunday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming west 10 knots with gusts to 15 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. SWell west 2 to 3 feet. SWell south 3 feet in the afternoon. Sunday night - Wind variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 2 to 3 feet and south 3 feet. Monday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming west 10 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 feet at 7 seconds and south 3 feet at 15 seconds. Monday night - Wind west 10 knots in the evening - .becoming variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 feet at 6 seconds and south 3 feet at 15 seconds. Tuesday - Wind variable less than 10 knots - .becoming southwest 10 knots in the afternoon. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. Mixed swell west 3 feet at 6 seconds and south 3 feet at 15 seconds. Tuesday night - Wind west 10 knots in the evening - .becoming variable less than 10 knots. Wind waves around 2 feet or less. SWell west 2 to 3 feet at 6 seconds. SWell south 3 feet in the evening.

PZZ700 101 Pm Pdt Thu Apr 18 2024
Synopsis for the far southern california coast - At 1 pm, an expansive 1036 mb high covered the northern rockies, and a 1009 mb low was over the california-arizona border. Generally weak onshore flow will prevail through Monday, with an eddy circulation at times.

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Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service San Diego CA 1251 PM PDT Thu Apr 18 2024

SYNOPSIS
A weak trough of low pressure will continue to move over the area, bringing cooler temperatures, clouds, and breezy conditions. Low clouds and fog will occur each morning as well. High pressure will move into the area for the weekend, bringing warmer and sunnier weather. A trough off the Pacific will move ashore next week, brining cooler and windier weather to Southern California.

DISCUSSION
FOR EXTREME SOUTHWESTERN CALIFORNIA INCLUDING ORANGE...
SAN DIEGO...WESTERN RIVERSIDE AND SOUTHWESTERN SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES...

.SHORT TERM (Today through Saturday)...
A weak trough draped across the eastern Pacific and SoCal is leading to cloudier and cooler conditions today across the region.
GOES imagery depicts higher clouds beginning to thin from west to east at this hour, where a better mix of clouds and sun will occur this afternoon and evening. The marine layer will deepen further as well, prompting low clouds and fog to fill much of the coastal basin by Friday and Saturday mornings.

Southwest/west winds will begin to increase across mountains and deserts later this afternoon, with mountain passes and deserts seeing gusts 25-45 MPH. As the pressure gradient tightens as the system passes over SoCal on Friday afternoon and night, winds will become a bit stronger and more widespread with gusts 35-55 MPH expected. High temperatures will also cool slightly more than today with highs in the 60s and 70s for many, while the 90s hang on in the lower deserts.

A weak ridge of high pressure will move into the area on Saturday, leading to slightly warmer temperatures and calmer winds.

.LONG TERM (Sunday through Mid-Next Week)...
The ridge will peak in intensity on Sunday, leading to the warmest day of the next week for most. Though probabilities for triple digit heat have slightly decreased, a modest (35-55%)
chance still remains for areas like Palm Springs to see 100 degrees by Sunday. Heat risk will also reach into the moderate category for the lower desert regions, so stay hydrated and seek shade if outdoors for long periods. The ridge will not stick around for long, weakening by Monday as a trough enters the area through next week.

Temperatures will still be well into the 90s for the lower deserts Monday, but start to cool west of the mountains as onshore flow increases. As it does so, winds will pick up across the mountains and deserts Monday. As the trough draws near, temperatures will continue to scale back with more marine layer clouds and fog west of the mountains. Winds will continue to be gusty as well through at least Wednesday, so hi-res guidance was incorporated to increase winds during this period. Though confidence on wind speeds remain low, many ensembles from the ECMWF and GFS have winds nearing 40 MPH across the deserts.

The trough does have the potential to become a stronger closed low type of system, so we will keep an eye on if it will also bring any precipitation with it in the coming days.

AVIATION
181930Z
Coast/Valleys
Low clouds and fog will continue with bases 500-900 feet MSL and tops to 1200 feet. Vis 0-5SM over mesas and higher coastal terrain. Low clouds to push ashore after 02-03Z this evening and into western valleys after 10Z Friday.
Bases should be around 1200-1600 feet MSL with local vis reductions along inland extent. Low clouds should scatter out between 19 and 21z, though clearing at the immediate coast may only be brief or intermittent in spots.

Otherwise...BKN high clouds at/above 20000 feet MSL will continue through 23Z, SCT thereafter. VIS will remain unrestricted.

MARINE
No hazardous marine conditions are expected through Monday.

BEACHES
A long-period swell from the Southern Hemisphere will continue to bring breaking wave sets up to 7 feet this afternoon, especially on south-facing beaches in Orange County, before gradually subsiding thereafter. This will generate a high rip current risk.

SKYWARN
Skywarn activation is not requested. However weather spotters are encouraged to report significant weather conditions.



SGX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES
CA...Beach Hazards Statement until 8 PM PDT this evening for Orange County Coastal Areas.

PZ...None.

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Crown Point
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Thu -- 01:31 AM PDT     1.95 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 03:49 AM PDT     Moonset
Thu -- 06:15 AM PDT     Sunrise
Thu -- 06:49 AM PDT     4.43 feet High Tide
Thu -- 01:49 PM PDT     -0.03 feet Low Tide
Thu -- 02:51 PM PDT     Moonrise
Thu -- 07:21 PM PDT     Sunset
Thu -- 08:04 PM PDT     4.48 feet High Tide
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San Diego Bay Entrance
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Thu -- 01:49 AM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 03:49 AM PDT     Moonset
Thu -- 04:40 AM PDT     0.97 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 06:14 AM PDT     Sunrise
Thu -- 07:08 AM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 10:36 AM PDT     -1.63 knots Max Ebb
Thu -- 02:08 PM PDT     0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 02:51 PM PDT     Moonrise
Thu -- 05:17 PM PDT     1.50 knots Max Flood
Thu -- 07:21 PM PDT     Sunset
Thu -- 08:19 PM PDT     -0.00 knots Slack
Thu -- 11:11 PM PDT     -1.26 knots Max Ebb
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